Sun visor



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- AWWTMQMEKS Patented Feb. 17, 1953 ,SUN VISQR .J'ames' .Greig, Detroit, 'Mich assignor to twoodall Industries Inc., 1 Detroit, Mich r'a. cor- ;noration .of Michigan Am flicatiowseptember 29,1947,;Sb12iaINo;3776;8437

.11 rfllaim. (G1. 29M979 fThisinventlon relates to "11111)1'OV811IEI113S'111'1 visors .andparticularly' 'to -visorsqdf1the type used [in the interior-oftvehicle bodies to shield the eyes 'cfi' an occupant *from 'therrays of' the sun.

Oneobject is to provide such :a .visor which is fabricated from a minimum number .of parts, which is of'rsimpl'e construction, which may be easily and quickly assembled, which is easily operable, which is effective forthe purposefor which it is intended, and "which is inexpensive.

Another object is to providetsucha ivisorwhich is of lightweight constructionandbecause of its light weightit'canbesupported within an automobile body upon a simple, inexpensive, light-- =weiglit bracket support, and which visor is Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a portion of the interior of an automobile showing an eml bodiment of my improved visor mounted therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view'taken on the line of 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fi 1.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionalview through a modified embodiment of my improved visor taken on the same line as the view in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of a visor mounting as compared with that shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. dis a vertical sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5. v

In the drawing a fragment of the windshield of an automobile body is indicated by the numeral Ill and the header is indicated by the numeral l2. A typical visor supporting bracket is identified as I4. This bracket provides the mounting for an angular visor supporting rod l8 upon which a visor blade is journaled. This rod has a short end ortion I6 which is journaled within the bracket to support the visor to swing either before the side window or before the windshield of a vehicle body. In the construction here shown this rod is in the form of a hollow tube as appears in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the drawing. The rod, however, may be in the form of a, solid rod as is conventional in the industry. My improved visor assembly includes a visor blade 20 which may be formed of suitable com- :position material such as a'pl-astic composition shee't. Uelluloid, Bakelite, or any other -jsuita-ble plastic might be employed. One linear margin of the blade is shaped '-to exhibit a seat for the blade :upon the rod. As illustrated herein "the marginal portion'of the-blade-is bent upon itself 'todefine an offset tubular-"seat '22 *forthe supporting rod portion 18. In Fig. "'2 this tubular seat is shown as being in the 'f'orm oi 'a -semicylindrical channel. In Fig. i'tliis'tubular seat is *bent "to form a -substantially complete cylindrical tube. Either iormmay be-em-ployed. The form-shown in 2 facilitates'assembly. "The form shown 1 in Fi-g. '4 presents a uniform appearan'ce and relatively uniform Tric'tion about the rod.

' The material of which the visor blade is fabricated ispreferably of a *flexiblecharactenso that the tubular seat-portion 22 or thesleeve 2-3 may be readily contracted orfiexed to be gripped-about the rodlike support I8. To gripping'lyhold the tubular seat portion of the blade about the =-rodlike-support -I8 I provide a split =resilient' sleeve 24 which-may beformedof-steelor the like. This sleeve is of a diameter such that when ip'laced about the tubular seat margin of the blade and about the rodlike support I8 the tubular seat of the blade is held gripped frictionally against the rod so as to releasably maintain its position of rotation thereabout. The sleeve 24 may be formed to exhibit any desired degree of resiliency to hold the blade seat against the support rod with the desired friction.

The opposed margins of the sleeve may be rolled over as at 26 forming finish beads as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. These rolled over edges are preferably disposed spaced slightly from the opposite surfaces of the blade 20 whereby the tube always exerts a contracting pressure upon the tubular seat holding such seat of the blade against the tube [8.

In Fig. 2 the two longitudinal halves of the sleeve are formed on radii of different length so that one half bears directly against the seat portion 22 of the blade and. the other half bears directly against the tubular support [8. In Fig. 4 the split sleeve contracts the tubular portion 23 of the blade about the support l8 substantially throughout the circumference of the tube 23.

In Fig. 3 there is shown simple means for securing the visor blade upon the support against longitudinal displacement thereover. The tubular support I8 is deformed to provide an encircling channel 28. Such channel may be spun in the wall of tube 18. The sleeve 24 has a detent 30 formed therein which detent is seated within the channel 28. This engagement holds the sleeve upon the rod against endwise displacement. The margin of the blade may be provided with a binding 32 if desired or the blade 20 itself might be formed with a decorative marginal trim or bead.

, It will be noted that in Fig. 1 the portion iii of the tubular support is shown as extending only part Way along the margin of the blade. The amount of frictional engagement may be varied by providing rods of difierent lengths. The split resilient tube 24 is shown in Fig. 1 as extending along the length of the visor blade. It forms a stiifener and support for the blade as well as serving to hold the seat portion of the blade against the supporting rod. Such sleeve also provides a finish edge for the hinge margin of the blade.

In Figs. 5 and 6 is shown a modification wherein a bracket 29 is provided with a rod like support 3! having opposed ends extending in opposite directions from the bracket 29. Split resilient sleeves 33 are received over the two ends of the 1' rod 3| holding the semi-tubular seat portions of the blade thereagainst as shown and as hereinabove described.

The construction is very simple. Only three parts are shown in Fig. 1, the tubular support I8, the blade 29 and the split contractile sleeve ;24. It is obvious that this construction may be of exceedingly light weight. Plastic sheet material which may be used to form the blade is available in materials which exhibit good wear resistance and frictionally engage the supporting tube so as to readily maintain the visor at adjusted positions.

What I claim is:

In a sun visor, a rod-like support, a visor blade having one margin shaped to provide a laterally offset tubular seat so formed as to conform to the support and received about the support and a split resilient sleeve removably received about said tubular seat portion of the blade and about the support grippingly holding said seat portion of the blade frictionally against the support to maintain the blade at adjusted positions of rotation about the support, the opposite edge portions of the sleeve at the split projecting outwardly in substantially spaced parallelism over opposite sides of the blade away from the support and to a point spaced beyond the line of juncture of the offset seat portion of the blade with the remainder of the blade whereby the margins of the split tube are adapted upon rotation of the blade about the support to form oppositely disposed lines of contact with the blade spaced outwardly :beyond the line of juncture of the seat with the blade, said opposed spaced substantially parallel edge portions of the tube being normally spaced apart a distance slightly greater than the thickness of that portion of the blade received therebetween.

JAMES W. GREIG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 57,263 Winter Aug. 14, 1866 1,130,589 Kubat Apr. 25, 1916 1,390,384 Ramsaur Sept. 13, 1921 1,862,432 Rose June 7, 1932 2,185,898 Mitchell Jan. 2, 1940 v FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 342,538 Great Britain Feb. 5, 1931 

